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12/31/2008 by Editor

Henderson Schedules Trail Clean up event March 21st, 2009

 

March 9, 2009 – UPDATE: Clean-up March 21st. , 2009 8:00 a.m. to noon; sign up at Equestrian Park. Come enjoy the desert trail and all the spring colors. Questions call 267-4050.

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Dec. 30, 2008 – City of Henderson Parks & Recreation Dept. has scheduled an annual trail clean up project along the River Mountains Loop Trail for Saturday March 21st.  We are looking for areas along the trail in need of cleaning. We usually break up into two or three groups of about 20+ and cover as much area as possible. The volunteer project runs from about 7:30 a.m. to noon. Check the Parks event calendar for actual times and location.

 Trail clean up 2008

 

 One key element we need to remember this year, is for volunteers to stay within the work permit areas. The city pulls a permit with the Bureau of Reclamation  for a special event. The permit puts limits on the area to be worked during the clean up.  Special needs areas outside the trail corridor will be done by the City of Henderson with BOR permits.
Things to bring would include work gloves, good boots or walking shoes, a five-gallon bucket(makes for easy collection of smaller trash items ex. glass, bottles, cans etc). City provides trash bags, grippers, some gloves, some buckets, water to drink and snacks, transportation to and from the work areas via bus.

 

Safety on clean up projects is number one. We hold a tailgate safety talk before heading into the field. Broken glass, fire works, needles/drugs, unexploded gun shells, and nails in boards always watched for. We also need to be alert to wildlife such as snakes, spiders and desert tortoise that may live in and under some trash items we may encounter. We leave all wildlife alone…do not touch.

Picking up trash along trail

Picking up trash along trail

 

Filed Under: Trail Maintenance reports, Volunteer opportunities Tagged With: trail Clean up, Trash pick up, Volunteers

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  1. rmltman says

    01/05/2009 at 9:45 PM

    I saw a spot that needs some serious clean up along the trail. It’s located where the new trail segment in NPS meets Lake Mead Parkway at the new gate. Piles and piles of bottles, someone has been dumping here for a long time. Clean up from here east about 1/4 miles would do wonders to restore the area. Last time I was here over the holidays I hauled out two large bags of trash coming from the trailhead just east of the location.

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